title: [Orthopantomography and auxological diagnosis].
abstract: The results of a research about dental age assessment and its relationships with skeletal age are presented. Using a method based on eight stages of tooth formation, as visualized on panoramic radiography, a sample of 327 patients between 3 and 13 and 1/2 was investigated. Data were analyzed splitting into sex and skeletal Class groups and following the steps: 1) description: by charts and percentages; 2) analysis: by contingency tables and independence statistical tests; 3) synthesis of association: by a proper index.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mecatti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mecatti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldoni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001846:Bone Development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009805:Odontogenesis; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014078:Tooth Eruption
vernacular_title: Ortopantomografia e diagnosi auxologica.